No records in the last 30 days.
2,195
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1955–2026
record span
3.05
mean magnitude
2,047
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 22.11.1995 04:15 | 14 km | 355 km |
| 6.6 | 31.03.1969 07:15 | 8.1 km | 209 km |
| 6.1 | 03.08.1993 12:43 | 10.1 km | 360 km |
| 5.8 | 14.11.1981 09:05 | 18.7 km | 237 km |
| 5.8 | 12.10.1992 13:09 | 22.4 km | 534 km |
| 5.7 | 03.08.1993 16:33 | 12.4 km | 357 km |
| 5.7 | 23.11.1995 18:07 | 24.5 km | 422 km |
| 5.6 | 28.06.1972 09:49 | 9.9 km | 221 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 379 km |
| 5.5 | 08.03.1997 06:00 | 1 km | 231 km |
| 5.4 | 12.11.1955 05:32 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 5.3 | 03.08.1993 13:12 | 17.2 km | 348 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 196 km |
| 5.3 | 22.11.1995 22:16 | 14.2 km | 336 km |
| 5.3 | 21.02.1996 04:59 | 17.5 km | 369 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 14.06.2026 11:51 | 14.7 km | 223 km |
| 4.3 | 26.04.2026 00:13 | 26.1 km | 377 km |
| 4.2 | 26.03.2026 20:28 | 19 km | 208 km |
| 4.1 | 25.12.2025 04:05 | 4.5 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 13.07.2025 04:52 | 4.7 km | 400 km |
| 3.0 | 10.07.2025 07:12 | 5 km | 400 km |
| 2.6 | 04.07.2025 23:20 | 4.9 km | 401 km |
| 4.0 | 16.03.2025 11:31 | 18.6 km | 364 km |
| 4.2 | 06.03.2025 11:42 | 19.3 km | 382 km |
| 4.1 | 23.02.2025 21:16 | 9.9 km | 322 km |
| 3.7 | 31.10.2024 04:34 | 0 km | 274 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2024 10:55 | 10 km | 169 km |
| 3.7 | 09.03.2024 22:04 | 3.3 km | 299 km |
| 4.4 | 23.01.2024 11:18 | 8.6 km | 89 km |
| 4.3 | 16.05.2023 19:05 | 16 km | 362 km |
| 3.8 | 13.05.2023 19:12 | 20 km | 267 km |
| 4.4 | 14.04.2023 23:58 | 1.4 km | 201 km |
| 3.5 | 29.03.2023 22:55 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 22.03.2023 00:01 | 9.3 km | 153 km |
| 4.2 | 02.02.2023 23:41 | 8 km | 207 km |
| 4.4 | 29.12.2022 14:54 | 15 km | 268 km |
| 3.9 | 29.12.2022 02:58 | 20 km | 267 km |
| 3.7 | 28.12.2022 23:19 | 4 km | 101 km |
| 4.6 | 27.12.2022 00:11 | 13.5 km | 279 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2022 01:01 | 2.5 km | 290 km |
| 3.8 | 12.02.2022 04:06 | 14 km | 225 km |
| 4.2 | 01.02.2022 09:01 | 28.1 km | 466 km |
| 4.2 | 06.02.2021 16:14 | 19.7 km | 394 km |
| 3.7 | 07.01.2021 03:54 | 9 km | 342 km |
| 3.8 | 22.12.2020 13:01 | 10 km | 457 km |
| 3.8 | 25.09.2020 20:22 | 16 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 09.07.2020 13:46 | 12 km | 402 km |
| 5.3 | 16.06.2020 14:30 | 7.5 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 03.06.2020 20:57 | 12 km | 457 km |
| 4.3 | 05.04.2020 05:04 | 4.8 km | 376 km |
| 4.5 | 18.01.2020 21:46 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 3.8 | 30.12.2019 00:27 | 18 km | 305 km |
| 3.9 | 19.11.2019 23:04 | 12 km | 208 km |
| 3.1 | 01.02.2019 20:02 | 15 km | 356 km |
| 3.9 | 15.01.2019 15:59 | 20 km | 435 km |
| 3.4 | 15.01.2019 00:45 | 18 km | 441 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2017 14:16 | 2 km | 263 km |
| 3.6 | 21.03.2017 17:39 | 9 km | 397 km |
| 4.1 | 27.12.2016 01:49 | 20 km | 334 km |
| 4.7 | 29.11.2016 17:01 | 17.4 km | 340 km |
| 3.1 | 19.07.2016 17:05 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 5.3 | 16.05.2016 01:45 | 12.8 km | 334 km |
| 4.5 | 14.07.2015 16:39 | 12.6 km | 490 km |
| 3.7 | 08.07.2015 02:15 | 14.2 km | 357 km |
| 4.0 | 27.06.2015 15:36 | 22 km | 375 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.2015 15:34 | 14.4 km | 379 km |
| 5.0 | 12.01.2015 21:39 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2014 10:03 | 20 km | 322 km |
| 4.2 | 15.07.2014 11:33 | 10 km | 320 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2014 11:40 | 1 km | 351 km |
| 4.0 | 15.03.2014 11:57 | 13.8 km | 213 km |
| 4.2 | 16.01.2014 13:02 | 10 km | 340 km |
| 3.7 | 01.06.2013 11:49 | 23.2 km | 313 km |
| 3.5 | 07.04.2013 15:58 | 17 km | 233 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2012 19:14 | 8 km | 420 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.